"RE: "It seems to me she got a bit flustered and wasn't prepared to articulate her views when challenged."
It seems to me, you're proving my point.
RE: "I just need her to set herself on more solid footing before we can truly…"
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archaeopteryx replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'
Misty: Baytheist Living! commented on Misty: Baytheist Living!'s blog post 'So the Pope said I can go to heaven...'"Hey Prof-
If the Pope is just now saying what the Catholic Church in general believes, WTF is the point in having a Pope?
Isn't he supposed to be leading the masses and not the other way around?
Does that mean that the ACTUAL…"
SteveInCO replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"A book on which all non-believers agree is the basis for non-belief?
Many books have been written (my personal favorite for why not to believe is "Atheism: The Case Against God" by George H. Smith) but we can't exactly regard…"
Daniel Rockwell replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"It seemed to me that Mercedes is simply very young. A teenager, or perhaps even slightly younger. Likely intelligent, maybe even beyond her years, but still very young, and perhaps not yet developmentally capable of the kind of thinking…"
Kris Feenstra replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"...or if you expected more of her than she was capable of giving.
Depends. If we are talking actuality, she was only capable of giving what she gave. But then, that's true of everyone. If we are speaking of potential, it was likely higher than…"
archaeopteryx replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"I suppose it does.
Some minds haven't been trained to consider, "due diligence," - if it was the theist's way, to do due diligence, there would be far fewer theists. The caliber of her questions and responses led me to…"
Kris Feenstra replied to Mercedes's discussion 'Why do atheists ask for so much proof to believe in God?'"Quite the contrary. I think she is capable of giving much more than she did. I think highly enough of her that I don't see her contributions as the best of her ability: I see them as the contributions of someone who stepped into the forums a…"
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